Dosing feeding teat

ABSTRACT

Dosing feeding teat intended to dispense to the suckling child small doses of food, medicines or mixtures of both, having a perforated nipple with conventional protection ring to which is added at the opposite extremity an extraction feeding bottle made of elastic material, to which is incorporated subsequently the protection ring, the latter being provided with a container for humidifying the nipple, with planar base, similar to that of the doser.

DESCRIPTION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Feeding teats in multiple shapes and sizes are well known and thereforerequire no further description.

The same applies to aspirating bulbs, particularly used for nosecleaning of children.

Conventional feeding bottles, filled through one end and comprising arigid body which holds the liquid or pasty product to be fed, areusually fitted with an intermediate membrane located between thecontainer and the teat.

Other feeding bottles are filled through small holes and projections ina cup.

The applicant is not aware of the existence of a combination teat andextraction bottle forming a medicine or food dosing device, and muchless that said article is fitted with a container coupled onto the ringwhich keeps the teat wet, and neither that it is further capable ofstanding upright on both the base of the container and the base of thefeeding bottle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention described in the present specification refers to a dosingfeeding teat designed to provide the suckling, either human or animal,with small doses of nourishment or medicines, or mixtures thereof.

A feeding bottle made of resilient material is attached to aconventional perforated nipple fitted with a protective ring, or else alarge complete elastic element is fabricated to which the protectivering is subsequently incorporated.

This invention is further characterized by the special construction ofthe ring, provided with a cutout on one side which lodges onto the mouthof a teat protecting and humidifying container.

The container is provided with a flat base, and the feeding bottle beingsimilarly provided with a flat base at the other end, so that thearticle can be placed is upright.

The proposed invention, involving a dosing feeding teat, is composed ofa single or double piece resilient body fitted with a nipple on one endand a small extraction bottle on the other, separated by a conventionalseparating ring inserted between corresponding projections on thenarrower zone of the nipple.

In use, the food or medicine (or mixture) to be administered to theinfant or suckling is placed in a spoon or some similar adequatecontainer.

After extracting the air from the bottle, the dosing teat sucks-in theproduct.

The infant or suckling is then fed in perfect compliance with minimumhygienic requirements, in a manner fully convenient and practical forthe user.

This invention is also characteristic in that the ring--normally made ofresilient plastic material and preferably having a circular shape,although other constructions may likewise be considered--is of a specialconstruction, being provided with a cutout on one of its sides.

This cutout lodges on an external graded rim in the mouth of thecontainer, also made of plastic material, said graded rim beingdimensioned such that its height and diameter allows for a perfectlytight fit of the resilient material ring and container.

The container is filled with a humidifying product, e.g. water or amixture of water and feeding bottle or mouth disinfectant, and thenipple is thus kept wet when not in use.

The container is built with a flat base; the feeding bottle attached tothe other side of the ring is likewise provided with a flat base. Thisinventive article can therefore be placed to stand upright in eitherposition.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

In order to complement the description set forth and provide a betterunderstanding of the characteristics of the invention, a drawing isattached to this specification, forming an integral part thereof,wherein the following is illustrated with a non-limiting character:

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross section of the dosing teat which reflectsthe improvements of this invention.

PREFERRED EXECUTION OF THE INVENTION

In the light of the above FIGURE, it can be seen that the proposedinvention consists of a dosing feeding teat made of resilient material,comprising

a feeding nipple (1) with a hole (2) in its front end, and with alateral projection (5) in its inner rear end which has a correspondingouter recess (8),

a small extraction feeding bottle (3) with a lateral narrow zone (9) inits front end, to which said lateral projection (5) of said feedingnipple (1) is attached,

a protective container (6) made of plastic material that holds a product(7) for humidifying the feeding nipple (1), having an opening in itsupper end with an internal grade rim (6.1),

a protective ring (4) made of plastic material inserted into saidcorresponding outer recess of said nipple (1), having a lower cutout(4.1) on its periphery which lodges, in a tight fit, onto said internalgraded rim (6.1) of said protective container (6).

The said protective container (6) is provided with a flat base (6.2)enabling the dose feeding teat to be placed upright when said flat base(6.2) is on a resting position.

The said feeding bottle (3) is provided with a flat base (3.1) enablingthe dose feeding teat to be placed upright when said flat base (3.1) ison a resting position.

It is likewise understood that, provided the essential nature of theinvention is not altered, the materials, shape, size an arrangement ofthe elements may vary.

The descriptive terms and their meaning must be taken in a non-limitingsense.

We claim:
 1. Dosing feeding teat made of resilient material comprising:afeeding nipple with a hole in its front end, and with a lateralprojection in its inner rear end which has a corresponding outer recess,a resilient small extraction feeding bottle with a lateral narrow zonein its frontal end, to which said lateral projection of said feedingnipple is attached, a protective container made of plastic material thatholds a product for humidifying the feeding nipple, having an opening inits upper end with an internal grade rim, and a protective ring made ofplastic material inserted into said corresponding outer recess of saidnipple, having a lower cutout on its periphery which lodges, in a tightfit, onto said internal graded rim of said protective container, suchthat a depression of said resilient feeding bottle will cause anextraction of air from said bottle, further causing the teat to suck-ina desired product to be subsequently dosed through said teat.
 2. Dosingfeeding teat made of resilient material according to claim 1 whereinsaid protective container is provided with a flat base enabling saiddosing feeding teat to be positioned within a humidifying material whensaid flat base is on a resting position and said protective containerholds a humidifying material contained by said protective container andsaid protective ring.
 3. Dosing feeding teat made of resilient materialaccording to claim 2, wherein said feeding bottle is provided with aflat base enabling the dose feeding teat to be placed upright when saidflat base is on a resting position.
 4. Dosing feeding teat made ofresilient material according to claim 1 wherein said feeding bottlereceives said desired product without the necessity of separating saidfeeding bottle from said teat.